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| | ERT and Homeland Security, Superfund, US EPA |
 | | The ERT is a group of skilled experts who are specially trained to respond to environmental emergencies and, more specifically, to provide on-scene assistance to deal with the human health and environmental impacts of terrorist attacks. |
 | | For the anthrax cleanups in Washington, DC, Florida, and six other states, the ERT provided technical assistance, helped develop analytical strategies, and analyzed the air outside of the buildings into which chlorine dioxide was pumped to kill anthrax spores. |
 | | The ERT was created in 1978 under the Clean Water Act to provide on- site national expert assistance in addressing oil and hazardous substance releases, as required by the National Contingency Plan (NCP). |
| www.epa.gov /superfund/news/ert.htm (948 words) |
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